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xat 2011 was a tough nut to crack. With 101 questions across three sections, the test was comparatively a difficult one with a lot of time consuming questions included in the test.

The Verbal section had quite a few knowledge intensive questions based on concepts like figures of speech. The RC passages were dense and tough to assimilate. The Analytical and Decision Making section had a few LR based questions along with a few caselet based questions. Couple of the case studies were comparatively easier and could be solved in quick time. The Quant section had a healthy mix of DI/DS and PS questions .The DI questions were mostly calculation-intensive. Most of the PS questions were based on the usual concept areas but were lengthy and time consuming in nature. Overall the questions required considerable use of logic, especially the VA/RC section and the Analytical/Decision-Making Section.
On the basis of initial reactions one can safely conclude that both the sectional as well as overall cutoffs would be significantly lower than those of last year.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

The National Conference on Sunday appeared to be emerging as the single largest party in a fractured verdict in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in which Congress looked to be the king maker.

With results of five seats already out, the NC headed by Omar Abdullah has won three seats and was ahead in 23 of the 87 seats for which counting of votes was taken up on Sunday.

Omar Abdullah, seen as a prospective Chief Minister in a possible coalition government, himself won by a margin of 3,600 votes from Ganderbal, where he was defeated in 2002.

38-year-old Omar said his preference would be to align with Congress in case NC was to form a government.

Omar Abdullah, the man of the moment after his National Conference Sunday emerged the single largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir elections, would be a third generation Abdullah to take high office if he becomes the next chief minister.His grandfather, the legendary Kashmiri leader, the late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah founded the National Conference in 1938 and became theprime minister of the state in 1947. He later also becme the chief minister in 1974 and died in harness in 1982. Omar’s father Farooq Abdullah became chief minister thrice in 1982, 1987 and 1996.

The Abdullahs are the only political clan in the country, other than the Nehru-Gandhis, to put three successive generations into political high office.

hree former chief ministers - Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad – on Sunday won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections while many former ministers joined the ranks of the losers.

" NMAT 2010 didnot throw up any surprise as far as the structure of the paper is concerned. It was quite easy and attemptable test. English section was vocab-cenric but again easy.Since attempts would be high, good scores can be expected."

"A very 'doable' math section in the test.Some questions in the Quantsection tested elementary knowledge of maths. Some LR questions (like the one on selection ctiteria) could be solved very easily by just looking at the data."

"A 'feel good' paper which will boost the spirits of the test takers. No major surpises - a standard paper with the same sectional break-up and almost similar level of difficlty of the questions. Attempts would be high."

SNAP Test will be conducted from 2pm to 4 pm. The test has 4 sections - General English, Quantitative, General Knowledge and Analytical Reasoning. The detailed analysis and cutoff of the December 21st paper is as followed

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) Syndicate, the highest decision making body of the university, has given its nod for the Corps of Detectives (Cod) probe into the September 2004 Internal Assessment scam.The report of the J K Arora Committee, constituted at the behest of the Chancellor, to probe the IA scam was placed before the Syndicate at its meeting on November 25. RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS

While stating that the tampering of marks had taken place at the computer-operators’ level at the university, the report stated: “The committee has not been able to find any conclusive evidence to pinpoint the responsibility on any particular person or persons...It therefore recommends that a thorough inquiry be conducted by COD.” RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS The RGUHS has accepted the report of the Arora Committee and decided to write to the State Government to order a CoD probe into the case. The marks alteration scam relates to the RGUHS September 2004 MBBS exam involving 14 students of six medical colleges. Some of the students were issued admission tickets although they had secured less than 35 per cent marks in the IA exam. RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS RGUHS

KOLKATA: UCO Bank is set to reduce its prime lending rate by around 100 basis points from January, Chairman and Managing Director Subodh Kumar Goel indicated here on Tuesday.

Participating in an interactive session on ‘Global financial meltdown: impact on the Indian economy’, organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce (MCC), he said that while the bank’s board would make the final decision on December 26, it proposed “to bring in a reduced interest rate regime on its lending and deposit rates from January 1, 2009”.

To a question on the rates for deposits, Mr. Goel said that while a reduction was in order, the rates would move in tandem with the inflation rate, which has now been around 8 per cent. “It is time to reduce deposit rates and lending rates will follow that”. He, however, said that lending rates could not be in the region of 2-3 per cent as was the trend overseas, since it was linked to inflation.

SunDirect DTH services are provided by Sun Network. I got SunDirect installed on June 1st of 2008 and my experience with them has been good so far. The installation guy was very friendly and came promptly at a previously agreed time. He had all the equipment to set up the receiver dish on my roof top and got it erected in no time. He gave a detailed info on the service, Dos and Dont’s etc., Also, we were given information on the technology, customer support info, activation method, recharge options and much more.

Sun Direct uses the latest MPEG-4 based technology to increase broadcast capacity. Where as the other DTH providers in India like TataSky and DishTV are currently using MPEG-2 technology. SunDirect picture and sound clarity is certainly better than the other players in this market.

Now, let me write about the channel options and pricing. SunDirect costed me Rs 999/- which includes Installation and activation charges as well as 1 year subscription for their Freedom package. In this package you can select any one of the regional languages as your basic pack. This pack comes with approximately about 80+ channels including all major south indian linguistic channels along with few limited Hindi and news channels. SunDirect basic package also includes a good number of radio stations operated by Sun FM and AIR. SunDirect’s pricing is comparitively less. A couple of days back, they have introduced many sub packs for movies, kids entertainment, regional language top ups etc., Thats a good sign for customers. There are few more good things about SunDirect, there is no dependency of using a given smart card on any other Sun DTH STB. This is not the case with other players as on date.

Now coming to the drawbacks, the major miss is wrt sports channels like Star and ESPN, BBC. Not sure when they are going to bring those channels into their packages. I would look forward for individual channels pricing instead of getting them in a package. This option provides user with full freedom of paying for only those channels which they opt to view. SunDirects Customer call centre isn’t that great either. They were struggling to provide information when I called them. May be it needs a bit of improvement as it is the early days of their evolution. Reliance’s BigTV DTH service launch is just round the corner. This will bring in a healthy competition among DTH players in the market and customer would be the beneficiary at the end of the day.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Bhargavi, the actress who played the second heroine role in Asta Chemma has committed suicide this morning along with her husband. The news turned a wonder for many that she already got married a few years ago and also blessed with a son.

Ashta Chemma, starring Swathi of Colours fame and newcomer Nani, is being directed by Indraganti Mohana Krishna and produced by Rammohan under Art Beat Capital Productions. Over the weekend, the audio was launched in Hyderabad with a lot of fanfare. Venkatesh, taking time off from his hectic shooting schedule, released the audio for which music is scored by Kalyani Malik.

The director and producer are very optimistic about the outcome of the movie. They felt that this movie would go a long way in cementing Swathi's reputation as an actress; they also complimented the entire unit for their hard work and dedication.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Holy Smoke! is a 1999 Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Anna. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival before being released theatrically.

IdontWantDowry is a matrimonial portal that has been launched by a Hyderabad based web services company called NKG. As the name suggests, this is a meeting ground for those Indians, who regard dowry as a social evil and want to meet like-minded life partners. I was not aware of this site myself and discovered it after receiving a tip off from one of Webyantraâ€™s readers.

Idontwantdowry.com is like any other matrimonial portal but it is trying to carve out a niche by positioning itself as a social crusader. The site was launched in April and seems to be have app 3000 members currently, which is good for a start. The siteâ€™s basic look & feel as well as its navigation is quite well designed. d1.jpgAdditionally, it will feature classified ads from non computer savvy users, who believe in the anti-dowry cause and want prospective brides/grooms to contact them through offline means. The intent behind the website is worth commendable; however I was a little surprised by the ability for users to search for partners on the basis of caste (there is a very long list of castes on the site). Wish they had refrained from this (seemingly) retrograde step; it would have made their case even stronger.

Something that really struck me about the site was its very smart positioning. For the online matrimonial space in India has a bunch of very effective and well managed websites (Shaadi, JeevanSathi, BharatMatrimony et al) and getting noticed amongst that bunch for a small, low budget website would not be easy. However by identifying a unique niche (specially one that has a social hook as well), Idontwantdowry.com has managed to do exactly that. It has received fairly good coverage in the media (press, television, internet). It’s also worth noting that this is NOT a non-profit site; but their positioning has given a very humane touch to their commercial motives.

I think, thereâ€™s a key learning here for all those people, who dream of creating a web product or service in a space that already has well established players e.g. job sites, travel portals etc. Instead of trying to be the nth player in a saturated market, it makes sense to identify a niche and be the first one to cater to it. And as IdontWantDowry has shown, if you think hard, you’ll surely find many such niches’ waiting to be discovered.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

New Delhi Bold and beautiful beauties from around the globe will soon adorn your walls as the Kingfisher's 2009 calendar promises to scorch and soothe your senses for the next 12 months with its electric mix of sensuality and simplicity.

"I wanted the photographs to be sensual yet understated so I had briefed the photographer to work in a space that would create such images. The accent was on simplicity and working with natural elements,” Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya said in a statement.

“With our airline going global, this was the right time to source some of the finest models from around the globe,” he added.

Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar shot the calendar visuals in the Six Senses Hideaway Resorts in Thailand with beauties like Katya Melnikova from Uganda and Mimi Blix from Norway, as also India's Moni Kangana Dutta and Tamara Moss from India.